Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 1992, 4:47 AM CST for Bell County, Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 1992, 4:47 AM CST (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 1992, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bell County, TX, Coryell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 041048 FFWACT TXC027-099-041445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 447 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BELL COUNTY...CORYELL COUNTY AT 440 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN MOVING INTO BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE MODERATE RAINS ALONG WITH RAINS OF THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONES AREAS. MINOR URBAN STREET FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 12:40 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-050745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1239 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL... SOUTH CENTRAL AND THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF EAST TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS FOR TONIGHT... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 1230 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS WEST OF A LINE FROM NORTH OF SULPHUR SPRINGS TO NORTH OF HOUSTON. THE AREA EXTENDED WESTWARD TO A LINE FROM WEST OF FORT WORTH TO NEAR GATESVILLE TO TEMPLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING OVER EASTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF BELLEMEAD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...THE WATER WILL RUN OFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS AND RIVERS. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOTORISTS IN CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIONS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS APPROACHING CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST. SHOxWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA THROUGOUT THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 12:54 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ019>033-040800- FLASH FLOOD AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS 1255 AM CST WED MAR 04 1992 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND AT 1250 AM EXTENDED FROM NEAR EMORY SOUTH TO CANTON TO ATHENS TO PALESTINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR BROWNSBORO. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. A GENERAL AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST GENERALLY EAST OF A WICHITA FALLS...DALLAS...STEPHENVILLE LINE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 4 AM INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMORY...CANTON...ATHENS...PALESTINE AND TYLER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 1:45 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-050845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 143 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR BRAZOS... LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS TONIGHT... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 135 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO WACO TO NORTH OF KILLEEN TO EAST OF EVANT. NO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THE REST OF TONIGHT. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS AND STREAMS. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON RAIN SLICK ROADS. AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR OTHER AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE SYSTEMS 3WILL COMBINE WITH A MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS TO PRODUCE A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 1:50 AM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-040845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 143 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR BRAZOS... LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS TONIGHT... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 135 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO WACO TO NORTH OF KILLEEN TO EAST OF EVANT. NO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. < EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THE REST OF TONIGHT. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS AND STREAMS. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON RAIN SLICK ROADS. AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR OTHER AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE WITH A MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS TO PRODUCE A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 2:43 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-040945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 240 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR BRAZOS...LEON... MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 235 AM CST AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE TO DALLAS TO BONHAM. MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER BELL COUNTY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NORTH OF KILLEEN TO NORTH OF TEMPLE AND OVER LIMESTONE AND LEON COUNTIES EAST OF A LINE FROM EAST OF GROESBECK TO SOUTH OF MARQUEZ. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND SURFACE COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF TEXAS...THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A STRONG POSSIBLITY ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOTORISTS IN THE AREA SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ST\AY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 4:11 AM CST, 36 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-041100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 405 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 400 AM CST AND AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL ...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO NORTHWEST OF GROESBECK TO EAST OF ATHENS. MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER MOST OF LEON COUNTY EAST OF A LINE FROM NORMANGEE TO NORTHWEST OF JEWETT. MODERATE RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING OVER LAMPASAS AND HAMILTON COUNTIES AND WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY. ANOTHER IN A SEQUENCE OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES IS SUPPOSED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND THE LAKES AND RIVERS SWOLLEN...THERE WILL BE A GOOD POSSIBLITY OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS SHOULE BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coleman | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown, Callahan | 56 min |
| Mar 3, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coleman | 58 min |
| Mar 3, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown, Callahan | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 61 min |
| Mar 3, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 66 min |
| Mar 3, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 63 min |
| Mar 3, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 65 min |
| Mar 3, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 69 min |
| Mar 3, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 65 min |
| Mar 4, 7:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 64 min |
| Mar 4, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Somervell | 45 min |
| Mar 4, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 55 min |
| Mar 4, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 54 min |
| Mar 4, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 66 min |
| Mar 4, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 67 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.